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OP Dear of Troy: I used to drive over a Glebe Road in (I think) Fairfax, VA. I wondered where
the name came from.
glebe
n.
5ME < L gleba, clod, lump of earth (in ML(Ec), glebe), akin to globus: see GLOBE6
1 a piece of church land forming part or all of a benefice
2 [Archaic] soil; earth; esp., a piece of cultivated land
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted prebendary wwh 04/20/03 01:40 PM Re: prebendary of troy 04/21/03 12:29 PM Re: prebendary wwh 04/21/03 02:06 PM
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